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Mariana Villalba, CFA

Portfolio Manager, Credit Analyst

Mariana Villalba, CFA, is an emerging markets corporate portfolio manager and credit analyst on William Blair’s emerging markets debt team. Before joining William Blair, she was a credit analyst on NN Investment Partners’ EMD team, where she covered Latin American banks and corporates. Before joining NNIP, Mariana was part of the sell-side credit research team at Itau, where she focused on Brazilian banks. Mariana received a B.A. from the University of São Paulo.

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